Raven Inkwell, or simply Raven, is a female pony who appears both as an Earth pony and as a unicorn. She has a white coat, a dark brown mane, lighter brown eyes, and a cutie mark of an ink pen and inkwell. She is unnamed in the show, but she is named in the IDW comics and in merchandise.

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Design

Depiction in the series

Raven Inkwell first appears throughout the episode Luna Eclipsed as an Earth pony. She dresses as a devil for Nightmare Night. Raven is among the numerous other ponies that cower in fear of Princess Luna; in one such scene, she lets out an audible gasp.

Raven appears as an Earth pony yet again in Spice Up Your Life, standing in Canterlot's Restaurant Row.

Depiction in comics

Raven Inkwell makes several appearances in IDW Publishing's comic series, usually as a unicorn.

In My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #7, Raven appears as a unicorn on page 1, once again as Princess Celestia's aide. Her cutie mark appears slightly different here than in the series: the ink pen is instead a quill.

In My Little Pony: Friends Forever Issue #3, Raven Inkwell appears as a unicorn on pages 1, 2, 4, and 22. On the first three of these four pages, Raven has speaking lines, and Princess Celestia refers to her by shortened name.

Merchandise

A mini-figure toy and collector card of Raven Inkwell are included in the eighteenth wave of mystery packs. The mini-figure and card depict her as an Earth pony, and the collector card states about Raven Inkwell, "She is so trustworthy!"

Raven is shown as an Earth pony on the season 3 poster and German DVD set cover.

In the Enterplay collectible card game's expansion set The Crystal Games, Raven is named on her own card #54 C, which features her as a unicorn and attributes to Princess Celestia the quote "Raven is one of my most trusted aides. Any endeavor she oversees meets, and often exceeds, my expectations."